Supporting bracket



March 31, 1925.

C. S. JOHNSON SUPPORTING BRACKET 'Filed Oct. 11-, 1921 (151 7L7INVENTOR.)

ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 31, 1925.

UNITED ST PATIENT orrice.

CLARENCE s. JOHNSON, on FREDERICK, Mann e m, essre nonior -onn-rrenr51:9

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Application filed October 11, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE S. J oHNsoN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Frederick, in the county of Frederick and State ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSupporting Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in supporting brackets, moreparticularly for devices of this character for supporting the insulatorsfor electric light conductor wires where they pass the corners ofbuildings or other supporting structures, and has for one of its objectsto simplify and improve the construction and increase the efliciency andutility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterconstructed from a single section of sheet metal bent to the requiredshape whereby the insulator is held in spaced relation to both faces ofthe supporting structure and the conductor wires thereby prevented fromcontact with the structure.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich is capable of being attached to the corner or a flat surface of asupport, and in a variety of positions without structural change in thedevice.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawingsillustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved device applied to thecorner of a wall or like support.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the improved device, and

Figure 3 is a view on a reduced scale of the blank from which theimproved bracket is Serial No. 508,943.

The terminals of the body are perforated to receive holding devices suchas screws or nails, while the terminals of the branches 12 are likewiseperforated to receive a bolt 13 whereby an insulator, representedconventionally at 14, is supported as shown.

With a device thus constructed the branch 12 may be bent at theirjunctures with the body at the point indicated by dotted lines 15 andthe body also bent at the point indicated by the dotted line 11 as shownin Figure 3 to enable the device to be attached to the corner of a.support, for instance a wall indicated at 14, to cause the branches toextend at an angle to the faces of the building, and this angularposition may be varied as required without structural change in thedevice. For instance by bending the body 10 at the line 11 the body maybe attached upon the corner of the structure 14 with the branchesextending in spaced relation to both wall faces, as shown in Figures 1and 2, with the bases of the branches bearing against one wall face, andthen by reversing the. position of the device, thebases of the branchesmay be disposed to bear against another corner of the wall, which willbe. very convenient under certain conditions.

Vhen applied to the corner of a supporting structure, such as the wallof a building, the branches 12 will stand out from both faces of thewall as shown in Figure 3, so that the electric conductor wires will beheld from contact with the building.

The improved device is simple in construction, inexpensive tomanufacture, and may be of any required size or material.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the drawingsand set forth in the specification, but it will be understood thatmodifications within the scope of the claimed invention may be made inthe construction without departing from the principle of the inventionor sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. As anew article of manufacture a bracket device comprising a body havinglateral branches extending from the body obliquely to the longitudinalaxis of the same, said branches adapted to be bent at right angles tothe body and the body adapted to be bent at the juncture of the branchesbent at right angles to the body to support therewith. an insulatormember and said body adapted 2. A bracket of the class described comtobe bent to engage the corner of a support. 10 prising a body havinglateral branches eX- In testimony whereof, I affix my signature 5tending initially from the opposite sides hereto.

thereof and obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the same, saidbranches adapted to be CIJARENGE S. JOHNSON.

